do they also explain how suggestions works? something like: 'if you choose to allow suggestions, we will gather the addresses of all the pages you look at for analysis'.
i find it quite amusing that because the wmode tag is broken in flash for linux you can't actually use the site navigation or see the ubuntu laptop you're configuring.
oh rubbish. ubuntu is the one distribution everybody's interested in. i'd guestimate about 75% of gnu/linux desktops and laptops are running ubuntu. apart from in germany, nobody's even heard of suse. dell did it right here. they asked which distribution should be pre-installed and the answer came back that 90% of the gnu/linux customers wanted ubuntu. lenovo just screwed it up. a bit like offering os2 pre-installed and commenting on the lukewarm reception by saying "nobody wants windows95 and here's the proof"
one wonders why they did this. which of the following do you find more likely:
the hardware manufacturers out of pure stupidity and laziness decided to ignore the operating system which would be installed on almost 100% of new computers in 2007 onwards
microsoft created a bad product with a difficult driver model and the hardware manufacturers couldn't get their stuff working in time
It is an interview with the project leader of gnash who explains how the 'open sourcing' of flash did nothing to make writing a replacement legally easier. (the irony is not lost on me that the video is only available in flash format)
unfortunately flash players still have to be reverse engineered in a cleanroom. this makes progress slow because it is difficult to find developers who have never used flash.
let's try a car analogy--that always works great on slashdot. the gnu project is the entire car minus an engine. then an engine developer comes along and says "here you can have mine". is the car now not a 'gnu project' car? have a look at Saabs of the 60s/70s and 80s. were they really Triumphs? how about TVRs and RangeRovers? would you really call them Buicks?
Don't get me wrong, I wish it would happen, but it would be a pretty stupid move.
no, it wouldn't be stupid. it would be a very positive mood. if you had said 'it would reduce the shareholder value of microsoft' i would agree with you. please do not equate 'reducing shareholder value' with 'stupid', they are not always related.
if bosses where honest they'd offer rewards like "for each bug you find you get one day off work". if the participants were ensured immunity, participation rates would shock management.
the alternative would be to have to pay the descendants of pliny or shakespeare. how about paying paul for his copyright material in the new testament?
"People are confused. Software is not free. It does not magically come into existence through natural processes. It is created by trained individuals who spend large amounts of valuable time. In the end what you're really paying for is the services of those individuals."
and that's why good 80% of the time programmers spend writing code is payed for by the customer directly. i know that the company i work for charges the customer per programmer-day, for example.
so you mean not prohibiting the children and their teachers and the governments from knowing what the laptops actually do and being able to fix problems is a a disservice? how much were you paid for that post?
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do they also explain how suggestions works? something like: 'if you choose to allow suggestions, we will gather the addresses of all the pages you look at for analysis'.
the problem is, if a majority of people accept drm stuff it becomes impossible for those who don't accept it to interact with them.
the way i see it, most developers want to develop interesting things in a nice language. their managers however are interested in making money
can't see why this reply has been modded offtopic
i find it quite amusing that because the wmode tag is broken in flash for linux you can't actually use the site navigation or see the ubuntu laptop you're configuring.
oh rubbish. ubuntu is the one distribution everybody's interested in. i'd guestimate about 75% of gnu/linux desktops and laptops are running ubuntu. apart from in germany, nobody's even heard of suse. dell did it right here. they asked which distribution should be pre-installed and the answer came back that 90% of the gnu/linux customers wanted ubuntu. lenovo just screwed it up. a bit like offering os2 pre-installed and commenting on the lukewarm reception by saying "nobody wants windows95 and here's the proof"
i know i link to this video every time someone mentions gnash, but i do it because it's important.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zoNvsiBTQDE
basically, without a lot of help, the gnash developers' hands are tied through legal restrictions.
have a look at this: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zoNvsiBTQDE
It is an interview with the project leader of gnash who explains how the 'open sourcing' of flash did nothing to make writing a replacement legally easier. (the irony is not lost on me that the video is only available in flash format)
unfortunately flash players still have to be reverse engineered in a cleanroom. this makes progress slow because it is difficult to find developers who have never used flash.
let's try a car analogy--that always works great on slashdot. the gnu project is the entire car minus an engine. then an engine developer comes along and says "here you can have mine". is the car now not a 'gnu project' car? have a look at Saabs of the 60s/70s and 80s. were they really Triumphs? how about TVRs and RangeRovers? would you really call them Buicks?
If the bbc wants him to appear on an nth series of qi, he'll certainly expect to be paid for it. His blog has this copyright notice at the moment: Copyright © 2007 Stephen Fry. All rights reserved. Reproduction in whole or in part without permission is prohibited
no, because windows is more than a kernel. linux is however just a kernel.
because you're factually wrong. linux is a kernel. most of the utilities are from the gnu project.
Don't get me wrong, I wish it would happen, but it would be a pretty stupid move.
no, it wouldn't be stupid. it would be a very positive mood. if you had said 'it would reduce the shareholder value of microsoft' i would agree with you. please do not equate 'reducing shareholder value' with 'stupid', they are not always related.
if bosses where honest they'd offer rewards like "for each bug you find you get one day off work". if the participants were ensured immunity, participation rates would shock management.
100% correct.
the alternative would be to have to pay the descendants of pliny or shakespeare. how about paying paul for his copyright material in the new testament?
arcane political requirements
coming as it did out of the blue somewhat undermined your posting.
And if your distro doesn't have a user community, why bother creating it?
so you're saying i should first create my community and then the distro?
"People are confused. Software is not free. It does not magically come into existence through natural processes. It is created by trained individuals who spend large amounts of valuable time. In the end what you're really paying for is the services of those individuals."
and that's why good 80% of the time programmers spend writing code is payed for by the customer directly. i know that the company i work for charges the customer per programmer-day, for example.
subject sums it up.
the olpc is not a laptop but an education project.
so you mean not prohibiting the children and their teachers and the governments from knowing what the laptops actually do and being able to fix problems is a a disservice? how much were you paid for that post?
strangely in my life i am important and i like free as in freedom.
that's what the british car press thought in 1988 too, before they drove one.